Lyrics/Chords

capo 1 Em C D (G)

I hold the moon in my womb
I hold the skies in my eyes
I hold the trees in my breath
I hold destruction in my cries
You hold the sun in your smile
You hold the darkness in your brow
You hold the ocean in your dreams
You hold compassion in your bow

We hold tomorrow in our touch
We hold reflection close at hand
We hold our elders in our wake
And in their distant prayers we stand

Ooooo We hold it all within
Ooooo The only place to begin
Ooooo As travellers inside… there is no place to hide

Cause we hold the love,
We hold the Love is holding us inside the love
Inside the love we learn to trust that we can fall
That we can fall into the all-encompassing
Place to which we’re all returning

Our prayers they rise sprouting wings like butterflies
Our spirits sing, we recognize
The divine in each others eyes and in everything
And come what may, as we pull these masks away
In witness of whats real, it is the way to heal

Ooooo We hold it all within
Ooooo And in surrendering
Ooooo We learn how to just let things be… its how we become free

And we hold the love…

Spirit welcomes everything (end)

Capo 7

Em D
Everlasting one, you who purifies
C G D
Creator of the worlds, open up our eyes
Em
For in your light we see
D
And in your love we rise
C D Em
Guide us as we walk through our lives

Em D
Cham chadesh b’tuvo b’kol yom
C D
Tamid ma’aseh v’reisheet
Em D
Ka’amor l’oseh orim gadolim
C D Em
Ki l’olam chasdo

Bm A G A

Hey now, let your leaves fall down when they’re ready to let go
Hey now, let your arms reach out when you feel your love flow

We are rain, we are sun, we are the great sky beyond
Where we’ve been, where we’ve come, its all part of the same song

Hey now, let your words be spoken when you feel them rising
Hey now, let your mind be open when its analyzing
Hey now, let your heart get broken when you feel it bursting
Hey now, let God’s wisdom soak in, when your soul is thirsting

We are rain, we are sun, we are the great sky beyond
Where we’ve been, where we’ve come, its all part of the same song
We are now, we are then, we are the space in between
We learned how to pretend, but now we are awakening

Hey now, let your leaves fall down when they’re ready to let go
Hey now, let your arms reach out when you feel your love flow
Hey now, let your journey unfold as you are living
Hey now, let your story be told, in the spirit of giving

We are rain, we are sun, we are the great sky beyond
Where we’ve been, where we’ve come, its all part of the same song
We are here, we are now, we are this great mystery
In our fear is our power, but only if we choose to see
Only if we choose to be free

G D F C G

Simply trust
Don’t the leaves flutter down just like that

Simply trust…
Don’t the waves roll to shore just like that
Don’t the sun warm the lands just like that
Don’t the clouds float on by just like that
Don’t we love what we love just like that

Am G/ F

The ocean refuses no river
All) The ocean refuses no river

The dry ground refuses no rain fall
The fire refuses no prayer
The dark night refuses no sunrise
The journey refuses no wanderer
The music refuses no harmony
Elohim hu avaha
God is love and love is God
Ishq allah

Am F G E (C)

In my house upon a hill I rest my head upon the window sill
And I watch the rain begin to fall from the clouds that hover in the sky
And I think about the world and how small it is
And I have so many questions but I don’t bother to ask why
So many questions but I don’t bother to ask why

For every question asked becomes a story that is told
And under every stone there is a fable to unfold
With every day we begin anew
And we question our intentions and where they lead us to
We question where our intentions lead us to

For everybody lives within a dream that is collective
And we are one inside the other all reflections of each other
And we are learning how to live within each chapter as we write them
And the book of life keeps growing and the letters they are rising
Ooooh…

We’re falling through the stars as they twinkle in our eyes
Staring back upon Creation, its within us that the infinite lies
And the ancient myths that guide us are the truths held in our hearts
And as we follow our soul’s path for us the Red Sea will part for us
The Red Sea will part for us

So as I leave my house upon the hill
I look upon the world with a sculptor’s subtle skill
For I know my world’s the one that I create
And my essence carries forth as all that I am not is stripped away

C F G

We come from the mountain
Living in the mountain
Go back to the mountain
Turn the world around

We come from the mountain
Go back to the mountain
Turn the world around

We come from the Water…
We come from the Fire…

We are of the spirit, truly of the spirit
Go back to the spirit, turn the world around
We come from the spirit…

Who Ho so is life
Ahhhh so is life

C walk down…
C G F

Every path leads to the center
Each little step along the way
Anywhere you may choose to enter
Nothing can lead you astray…and

If you forget where you’re going
When you feel lost out at sea
Turn on the light deep inside you
For by this light shall you see —

Dm C G
Ooooo

Sands are sifting, seeds are drifting
The only constant is change
Veils are lifting, times are shifting
Our thoughts are being rearranged

Old ways are burning, tides are turning
As we embrace ourselves anew
Our souls are yearning, minds unlearning
As we adjust our points of view –-
Ooooo

C G F G
Whether you’ve gained, whether you’ve lost
Weathered by waves, tumbled and tossed
Whether you left, whether you stayed
Whether you quit, whether you played
C G F D
There is a path, there is a way
That leads you back from where you strayed—
C G F
The light within will guide you home don’t be afraid

Whether you tried, whether you failed
Whether you ship never set sail
Whether you ran away to hide
Whether the brightness made you blind
There is a path there is a way
that leads you back from where you strayed—
The light within will guide you home don’t be afraid

D A Bm F#
It takes courage for a flower to climb through rock and soil
D A Bm F#
It takes strength for a bird to fly through a storm
D A Bm F# D
It takes stability for the earth to hold on to the roots of a tree
A G A
It takes surrender for a baby to be born

D A Bm F#
It takes confidence for a mountain to rise above the clouds
D A Bm F#
It takes willingness for a running stream to flow
D A Bm F#
It takes trust for the planets to ever hug the sun
G D A
It takes love for you and I to grow

D A Bm
Everything has a place, everything has a role
F# G
Each one playing its part, the pieces make up the whole
D A
Each strand of thread creates the strength of the web

D A Bm F#
La da da… Just be who you are
G D Bm A
La da da… Shine your light like a luminous star
D A Bm F#
La da da… Just do what you do
G D A
What comes natural to you

It takes determination for a butterfly to emerge from a cocoon
It takes patience for the moon to wax and wane
It takes cooperation for the river to merge into the sea
It takes openness for the grass to accept the rain

It takes inspiration for the sun to rise up in the dawn
It takes creativity for the sunset to paint the sky
It takes humility for what’s alive to fall
It takes innocence for a child to wonder why

Everything has a place, everything has a role
Each one playing its part, the pieces make up the whole
Each strand of thread creates the strength of the web

La da da… Just be who you are
La da da… Shine your light like a luminous star
La da da… Just do what you do

What comes natural to you

D A Bm F#
We each have a song to sing, a unique melody we bring
G D A
Something only you or I can be
D A Bm F#
Learning from the world around us, teachers that can guide and ground us
G D A
So many lessons in what we see

D A Bm F#
And our stories have different words, like the tunes of different birds
G D A
Though they ring out in harmony
D A Bm F#
If we can learn to trust each other, opening our hearts to one another
G D A
Our voices rise in symphony

Everything has a place, everything has a role
Each one playing its part, the pieces make up the whole
Each strand of thread creates …

La da da… Just be who you are
La da da… shine your light like a luminous star
La da da… Just do what you do
What comes natural to you

Some bright morning when my work is over
To a home on God’s Celestial Shore

When the shadows of my life have grown
Like a bird that prison bars has flown

I will be so happy when we meet
No more cold iron shackles on my feet

Just a few more weary days and then
To a land where joys will never end

capo 2

C Em C Em C G D
Life is a maze of many colored days, so many ways to get through it
C Em C Em
Some ways wind up where other paths lead down
C G D
Some roads go round but they never get to it

G C G C G
And if you know a good way around, maybe you can tell me what you’ve found
C Em D
And I can share a secret or two with you
G C G C G
And if you have a clear view maybe I can walk for a while with you
C Em D Am D
And we can share the journey together for a day or a few

C Em C Em
We have all walked roads that were paved with gold
C G D
But eventually the weeds wound around the stones
C Em C Em
And we lose our way as the marked path fades
C G D Am
And we’re left with only what we know in our bones

G C G
And though this journey it is long
C G
And sometimes we don’t know right turn from wrong
C D
There is a song guiding us onward
G C G
And though unfamiliar terrain abides
C G
What do you feel when you close your eyes
C D
In the wash of the wind, in the whistle of songbirds

G C Em D G
And we call out to you when the long road wears us down
C Em D Bbm
And all that we thought was true no longer stands on solid ground
C Em C D
But if our prayers are true our souls just might become unbound

From deep within underneath the skin, a new way begins to slowly open
And when we peel away all that is not real we may
Truly start to heal the parts that are broken

And from this place of clarity, what do you feel what can you see
What do you know, what can you remember
There is a force holding us dear, it circles far and it spirals near
And into this we can surrender

And I call out to you..
The tangles threads become unwound…

C F C G
C C7 F C Am G C

I’ve got peace like a river X3 in my soul…
And it flows like a river X3 in my soul

I’ve got joy like a fountain…

I’ve got love like the ocean…

Sim shalom tova, tova uv’racha
Chen v’chesed uv’rachamim

Capo 5 Em C

What I am what I am
Who I was, what was then
What will come, how it ends
Looking back, round again
Sliding down shoots that wind
Climbing up ladders high
Getting stuck getting by
Stroke of luck, another try

I am honest I am careless
I am broken I am fearless
Simple complex Grounded reckless

What we are what we are
Blood and bones The stuff of stars
Timeless arc up and down
Narrow path Balance found
From the past we set it up
Arriving fast it’s too abrupt
But make it last the moment fades
The stones are cast but hope pervades

We are one people We are united
We are unequal We are divided

We are encumbered We are protected
We are outnumbered We are conflicted, disconnected

We are complacent We are pretending
We are evasive We are defending

We are triumphant We are inflated
We are redundant We are intoxicated . indoctrinated

We are dissenting We are refusing
We are repenting We are excusing

We are (listening) opening quickening noticing

Listening opening Visioning honing in/ tuning in

What do you hear
Nothing to fear
Drawing you near
Becoming clear

What I am what I am
From the dark rise again
Nourished by whats composting
Integrate all that has been/ integrating what has been

Sourcing from what is true
Letting go breaking through
Tapping strength from within
From what ends we find what can begin / a new beginning

capo 2 Am G F

Circle round the sun, Circle round the earth
Circle round the moon, Circle round from death to birth
We cycle into winter, We cycle into spring
The tides rise and fall, And it all begins again
Begins again, begins again
Rise and fall it all begins again

The roots that reach below us, The branches reach to sky
The egg cracks open, And the bird begins to fly
The predator it catches , The prey it tries to run
All is integrated and dissolves back into one
Into one…

The mystery of night, the openness of day
All that is revealed and all that hides away
We’re reaching ever forward
While looking far behind
We circle back around and it’s the center that we find
That we find…

Am (open) G F G Em Am

I am grounded on this earth
I am anchored like a tree
I am rising like an arrow to the sun, the light I see
As it dims upon the west
Moon is rising on the crest
Of the horizon, finding balance in my eyes but I can’t rest

In a story with no end
On a planet spinning round
In a Universe that bends
Within the dark the light is found

We are lost yet we belong
Unearthing lyrics to the song
That carries us into tomorrow
But the road is long

Oooo

Like a dandelion seed
Blowing in the shifting winds
Like a rider on the waves
Casting out and rolling in
Coasting steady for a spell
Sense the groove within the swell
Feel the flow within the form
Find the words that tales tell

One story, one rhythm, one pulse, one force, one vision
One origin, one destiny, one flow, one source, one story

Like a pebble in a pond
Your reflection in the glass
Broken mirrors casting shards
Outward ripples moving fast
Flowing stream recollected
Reconnected rising pool
All the fragments of the soul
Pieced together from the master to the fool

One story…

Capo 2 Am C G F (Em)

Am C G F
We are born unto this planet as a sacred breath of life
We receive what came before, the pain, the beauty and the strife
C G F E
We know not what lies ahead of us but our journey must begin
Am C F E
As an offering into this time, with a message that we bring

We are but travellers upon a road of consciousness and truth
In lifetime after lifetime, all the suffering we’ve been through
All prepared us for this moment as we open up our eyes
For in looking deep within ourselves our fate is realized.

Am G F G/E
And we go, we go toward the beckoning
And we know, we know if we open up our voices we can sing
Am C G E
We sing, we are singing for our lives
Am G F E
And we bring, we bring the spirit down so all of us can rise
Am C G F Em/E
Ya hi ya hey, Ya hi ya hey

Am C G F
It is easy to succumb to the confusion in our head
And sometimes we wake up but we don’t take one step out of bed
C G F E
The challenges we face are seeded deep within the past
Am C F E
But the traumas of our ancestors is ever fading fast

We can’t forget the tribulations and the trials of before
We can learn from our mistakes, the paths that only led to war
For by growing up ourselves, we’re truly growing up the whole
And by choosing to be mindful a new vision can unfold

Am G F G/E
And we go, we go toward the beckoning
And we know, we know if we open up our voices we can sing
Am C G E
We sing, we are singing for our lives
Am G F E
And we bring, we bring the spirit down so all of us can rise
Am C G F Em/E
Ya hi ya hey, Ya hi ya hey

Am C G F
Its our birthright to awaken, to be conscious and alive
To unplug from all the madness saturating us with lies
C G F E
That convince us to ignore the voice that whispers from within
Am C F E
That tell us we’re not good enough, or that we’re better than

Its time to heal this vicious cycle that has spiraled back through time
When the need to just survive manipulated humankind
Into beings that were terrified to open up to love
Cause control was ever-present from within, without, above

But this life’s an opportunity to turn this all around
Its up to us to til the soil and overturn the ground
And this earth has been supporting us as our lessons we have learned
And cradled by the Universe we’ll continue to return

Evolution evolution it’s the solution to your troubles everyone runs and stumbles when you’re down it’s an opportunity to relax and look around with new perspective we can see a new directive
A new way, new choices can be made, different stones can be laid
Upon the path to a new day, a new day, a new day….

Evolution evolution it’s the truth come down into the body
It’s the dance toward samadhi
It’s the form – taken by what’s born into the moment in relating to what’s present it’s the part of us that opens

Evolution evolution it’s the loss of an illusion
That can create confusion in the wake of dissolution
Of what isn’t real – the breaking of the seal
It’s the growing of capacity, audacity to feel

Evolution Revolution it’s the spreading of our wings
the way our spirit sings
it’s the natural state of things in the absence of
oppression and repression
It’s the rising, the rising up, the rising up of love

Evolution, evolution it’s the way you have to move down
Into the hidden parts of you
The parts that you deny, that scurry from the eye
It’s the collective lie and though
If you can go slow, track where attention goes
You’ll find a new version of you might start to grow

Am F C G Am F G
Aninu Shekhinat imoteinu aninu X2
Dm C G
Answer our prayers Divine Mother
Answer our prayers X2

Aneinu Elohei avoteinu aneinu X2
Answer our prayers Divine Father…

C G F
As we find our way home
C G F
Remind us that we never walk alone
Am G F
Tending to the blessings that we’ve sown
Am G F
Reaping the lessons that have grown…
Am G F G Am
Footstep after footstep on this narrow winding road
Aninu…

Dm C G
Open our minds to receive
Open our eyes to the guidance that we seek
Open our hearts to believe
Open our mouths with intention when we speak

Capo 6

C Em F G
Upon the grass I sit and look into the sky
The clouds are slowly passing by
And I can hear myself breathe out a sigh
It seems like it could be so simple
But its often complicated, life is full of paradox
And choices are so weighted

We didn’t come here to be slaves unto a system
That oppresses and entangles
Separates us from the land we live

F C G F C G
Within our souls, there’s a place that we all know
F C G Am C G
A place of grace and freedom, a place called Home

C Em F G
Home is where the heart is but its hard to hunker down
When trees are cut and where the garden should be
There’s a busy town
But fertile lies is the field that may lie fallow many years
And seeds that drift in carried by the wind
Take root despite our fears

Cause seeds know how to nurture life
And sprouts know how to reach
Just like the essence deep within you
Knows what they forgot to teach

F C G
It is a time for building something new
F C
Where the truth of who we really are has the
G
spaciousness to bloom
F C G
It is a time for building something real
F C G
Where by nurturing the tiniest of flames
Am G
We cultivate the patience to heal…

C Em F G
Have you heard the prophets speak and
Have you seen the signs
Perhaps its in the robin’s song or in the
Twisted spiral of a vine

All the permission that we need to be ourselves
Is all around us in the air we breathe
Its bursting from our cells

And so I dare you to make friends with the darkness
That is lurking in the corners where the
Reaches are the farthest

And welcome back the pieces of your soul
That got rejected
In your quest to become whole
They are what need to be accepted…

It is a time…
Within our souls…

Am G Dm Am
Bring me into balance with the web of life
G F
Help me to look a little deeper
Am Dm F
I am part of something that is greater
F E
Something that is greater than what I can see

Bring me into balance with all creatures
Help me listen to what they have to teach us
I am part of something that is greater
Something that is greater than what I can know

Am G Am
I am continuing to try and understand just who I am
G F Am
Beholding the pure mystery of you we are
G Dm
Part of something greater, part of something greater
F E
((connected to Creator)) part of something greater

Bring me into alignment with the flow of life
Help me to relax a little deeper I
Am just one spoke in the wheel, spoke in the wheel
Turning round and round

Bring me into harmony with other beings
Help me understand what you are seeing
I am just one note in the symphony, in the symphony of sound

I am continuing…

Am G E
I am on a journey of discovery
Am Dm G
Will you be my ally in this reverie
Am G F
Because together we are part of something
Dm F G Am
We are part of something, something greater
I am on a journey of awakening
Will you be my ally in this opening, because..

C G
I draw down the open door
C F
That allows my soul to soar
C G C
When I walk in the light of love I am free

I draw down the open eyes
That help me see through the disguise
Whats concealed becomes revealed and I am free

We draw down the holy light
That illuminates the night
In the shadows are the keys that set us free

We draw down all that is pure
To transform what we’ve endured
May our struggles become the gifts that set us free

Draw it down, Draw it near
Draw it close, Draw it here
When our love can hold our fear we are free

Bm A G A
Have you heard the call ringing out for you and I and all of us Bm A G Fm
To tune in to ourselves, the deepest parts that have been sleeping in our very cells
Bm A G Fm
For inside there hides a pathway to the universal spirit guides
Bm A G A
And under our wonder something pure, mysterious and magical abides

Yi di di di

Have you noticed the subtle signs that are aligning constantly around us
Connecting, reflecting all the ways in every day we’re cosmically affecting
One another brother, sister, mother, father, son and daughter, friend and lover
Our paths cross bringing gain and loss for the learning on the journey
Carries graceful bliss as well as painful cost

Have you opened your eyes to the ever-present beauty here on earth and the skies
It surrounds us, astounds us, confounding us and grounding us
But it’s a disguise
For behind it, you will find that most of our experience we project with our minds
But if your desire is to walk through the fire
You’ll start to see you hold the key and reality unbinds you

Bm F#m Bm A (G A Bm)
Its all a metaphor, notes in a music score Maybe we knew it all before
Bm F#m Bm A (G A Bm)
Before we landed here, in this strange atmosphere Of rock and soil, roof and floor
Bm A G
The greatest mystery is something we can’t see
F#
And yet its what we’re living for
Bm A G
And even with eyes closed, something inside knows
F# Bm
That we’ll keep striving til our wave breaks upon the golden shore